Namaste

Client: Self-DirectedNamaste script lettering with a small lotus blossom illustration.

Bottoms Up!

Client: Self-directedLettering to celebrate the 21st Amendment which ended prohibition.

Holiday Card

Client: Richter DentalHoliday cards using a script with lots of swashes.

Diversity Program

Client: Urban League of Northwest IndianaEvent Program for Diversity & Inclusion Symposium.

NIPSCO Report

Client: NIPSCOBooklet for NIPSCO's Integrated Resource Plan.

Breakfast at Tiffany's

Client: South Shore ArtsInvitation for a holiday event featuring a reading from Truman Capote's "Breakfast at Tiffany's". Mistletoe hangs from the title as a little holiday cheer.

Shirley Valentine

Client: Towle TheaterHand-Lettering and Illustration for a Towle Theater Production.

Perfect Wedding

Client: Towle TheaterHand-Lettering and Illustration for a Towle Theater Production.

Next Thing You Know

Client: Towle TheaterHand-Lettering and Illustration for a Towle Theater Production.

Burnt Part Boys

Client: Towle TheaterHand-lettering and illustration for a Towle Theater production

Spend the Night

Client: Towle TheaterHand-Lettering and Illustration for a Towle Theater Season Brochure.

Salty Letterpress

Client: Self-directed3-color letterpress print with edge painting.

Uptown Chicago

Client: Uptown United

Deco-inspired, geometric hand-lettering for the Uptown neighborhood of Chicago, a designated music & entertainment district with strong roots in the prohibition era.

Riotous Baroque

Client: Baroque Band, Chicago

Designs for Season Subscription brochure, web spots, and posters.

Octopus Screenprint

Client: Self-directed

3-color screenprint of an illustrated octopus. Little hearts replace tentacles on this guy.

The Sun King Ballet

Client: Elements Contemporary Ballet, Chicago

A series of posters to promote a contemporary ballet inspired by the 2000 French film, “Le Roi Danse”. King Louis XIV and his court composer Jean-Baptiste Lully. Performed at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion stage in Millennium Park, Chicago.

Theater Façade & Signage

Client: Towle Theater

See through window vinyl covers the front of this downtown Hammond, Indiana theater—at pedestrian eye level—show a timeline/highlights of the theater celebrating more than a decade. Front banners and rear signage.

Sugarpants Letterpress Cards

Client: Self-directed

Custom logotype for a Letterpress printed card.

Lunar New Year Banners

Client: Uptown United

Banners designed to line Argyle Street in Chicago, the heart of Little Vietnam.

Lipstick

Client: Towle TheaterSimple illustration.

Offline Lettering

Client: Self-directed

Spencerian style hand lettering with stress on the horizontal instead of the vertical strokes.

Hand-Lettered Poster Series

Client: Towle Theater

Hand lettered titles are featured in this poster series promoting the Towle Theater season.

Holly Jolly Holiday Letterpress Card

Client: Self-directed

Letterpress printed 2 colors with polymer plates.

Grappa Letterpress Poster

Client: Self-directed

Printed at Tipoteca, in Cornuda Italy, this poster uses wood type and metal type and 2 colors. And who doesn't enjoy a little grappa!

Oi Oi Oi Letterpress Poster

Client: Self-directed

Pressure printing, linocut and wood type are used to create this punk rock poster.

Paper Sculpture Invitation

Client: South Shore Arts

Using 1975 as a design influence, this invitation has a custom paper sculpture along with a metallic gold foil paper stock.

Bodoni Tribute Letterpress Book

Client: Self-directed

Printed at the Tipoteca in Cornuda, Italy, this book, a group project, was a tribute to type designer, Giambattista Bodoni on the 200th anniversary of his death. The 2 pages shown in the first image are of my design using wood and metal type. The entire group project is shown in the second and third images. Artists were David Wolske, Lauren Huber, Dennis Ichiyama, Paul Shaw and Alta Price. Letterpress printed using 3 colors by Milan printmaker, Lucio Passerini.

Hello Dali!

Client: South Shore Arts

Ball invitation for an arts event that was a mashup of Hello Dolly and Salvador Dali. The result? A fine lady with a fine mustache.

Unlucky in Love

Client: Individual

Unlucky number 13 breaks this bloody heart.

Mid-century Modern Neon Sign

Client: Highland Downtown Association

Neon Sign designed as a Gateway for a Mid-century modern business district.

Show Me the Monet!

Client: South Shore Arts

Invitation for a ball with a custom digital painting influenced by Monet's Water Lilies paintings and embellished lettering design for the cover.

Pop Up!

Client: South Shore Arts

Pop Up ball invitation done in an election year that even stood out when fully open. A mashup of Obama slogan Yes We Can, and Can-Can Dancers in Paris. Including a little Uncle Sam kicking up his heels.

Sweet Home Chicago Screenprint

Client: Self-directed

3 color screenprint with hand lettering design.

Polar Bear Illustrated Mascot

Client: Popa Heating & Cooling

The mascot for an HVAC company floats up in celebration of their anniversary for these cards.

NobleHour Identity

Client: NobleHour

Set of giveaway buttons for an educational software company.

Noisy MinPin

Client: Self-directed

Painted illustration and hand-lettering of a noisy little Miniature Pinscher.

Cherries Screenprint

Client: Self-directed

This little screenprint illustration is one pass with a split fountain.

Symphony Does Motown

Client: Northwest Indiana Symphony Orchestra

Brochure for the Subscription Series of the Symphony with an opening Gala show of Motown Music. Influenced by the Globe Posters of the past.

Bomb Pop!

Client: Self-directed

I used a 3 color split fountain on this screenprint to get the popsicle flavors to look just right.

Moonlight Poster

Client: South Shore Arts

Ball Invitation designed reflecting the style of the classic South Shore Line travel posters popular in Northwest Indiana.

Magical Musical

Client: Northwest Indiana Symphony Orchestra

A Beatles' tribute kicks off the symphony season, so the brochure has a beatles inspired design, bright colors and a garden of instruments being conducted by the Maestro.

Super-ficial

Client: South Shore Arts

Exhibition Catalog for artist Chris Cosnowski.

MinPin Screenprint

Client: Self-directed

One color screenprint of a little Miniature Pinscher named Dieter.

Colorful Poster Series

Client: Towle Theater

Poster series promoting the subscription shows using illustration and bright, gradient colors.

Crowns & Bridges

Client: Richter Dental

Crowns & Bridges promotional mailer.

Dental Identity

Client: Rick Johns Dental

Identity system for a family practice dental office. Logo design, application to a variety of pieces and tagline created "caring for generations".

Through the Looking Glass

Client: South Shore Arts

Psychedelic illustration for a ball invitation. Final piece printed on a 3D optical illusion substrate. Lettering based on Wes Wilson font.

Speakeasy

Client: South Shore Arts

Ball invitation for an arts organization with a speakeasy theme.

Air Show Poster

Client: South Shore Convention & Visitors Authority

Painted entirely, with a nod to the vintage South Shore Line travel posters, this piece served as the marketing poster for the Gary South Shore Air Show.

Pop goes the Symphony!

Client: Northwest Indiana Symphony Orchestra

Poster and brochure design for the symphony's season featuring a pop inspired program.

Name Dropping

Client: Northwest Indiana Symphony Orchestra

Season Brochure for the Symphony that highlights the famous composers and pieces for the year.